With Okta, users are able to register a “ platform” authenticator during the sign-in flow for your organization’s tenant. By configuring sign-on options and MFA enrollment policies, administrators can turn on web authentication for users via the feature flag.
Use Okta to allow your users to sign in to other applications instead of requiring them to remember separate sets of credentials for each application or service. Users can simply sign in once and access your full suite of applications. You want to enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) when your users want to access sensitive data.
Then, what is the OKTA WebAuthn authenticator?
The WebAuthn standard provides users with new methods to authenticate with MFA factors that are enabled and configured specifically for WebAuthn. When you configure a WebAuthn authenticator, users must provide additional verification when signing in to Okta.
Okta supports Microsoft’s modern browser, authentication methods, and provides efficient single sign-on and device management for all your Windows 10 ecosystem. Most organizations have to support a multitude of devices both corporate issued and user owned.
How do I allow users to sign in with Okta?
You can use Okta to allow your users to sign in with a username/password or with their social accounts, such as Google or Facebook using pre-built sign-in components from Okta. After the user has signed in, you can retrieve their user profile to customize the UI based on their role and apply your authorization policies.
Another frequently asked question is “What secure web authentication plug-ins do Okta support?”.
Okta’s Secure Web Authentication Plug-ins for Windows Edge, IE11, and Chrome enable using Okta for single sign-on to Saa. S applications from Windows 10 devices.
One of the next things we wondered was; which biometric authentication methods does Okta support?
Let us dig a little deeper. Speaker 1 : Now I’m going to demo a biometric authentication method that Okta natively supports. In this case, it’s Windows, Hello. We also support touch ID on i, and phones. Windows Hello is built into windows 10, so we expect it to be a pretty popular way to authenticate to applications, especially since you don’t have to use a password.
How does Okta work with apps?
Each time a user tries to authenticate, Okta will verify their identity and send the required information back to your app. Use our SDKs or API to connect your apps, add users, configure rules, customize your sign-in page, and then monitor your services from our built-in reports.
Another frequently asked question is “Why choose Okta for identity management?”.
Works Great with Microsoft and Other Technologies Microsoft customers also choose Okta for identity because of its strong partnership and broad integration with Microsoft products including Office 365, Windows 10, Azure Active Directory, Share. Point, and Intune.
Okta’s agentless custom integration with Office 365 enables access to Dynamics applications with no requirements to set up and manage physical infrastructure, or change firewall settings. Key benefits of Microsoft Dynamics + Okta 100% cloud-based, integrated platform that works at large scale and low cost.
Does Okta support Windows Hello facial recognition?
Okta supports using Windows Hello facial recognition as an authentication factor with Okta’s Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication. Okta’s Secure Web Authentication Plug-ins for Windows Edge, IE11, and Chrome enable using Okta for single sign-on to Saa. S applications from Windows 10 devices.